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On today's show we climb the beanstalk to chat with Sofie Laguna and Marc McBride, author and illustrator of the Australian graphic novel BLUNDERBORE (PENGUIN 2026)

Sliding through the Multiverse with STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE (HBO MAX), unpeeling the first two books of Alan Moore's LONG LONDON quintet, THE GREAT WHEN & I HEAR A NEW WORLD (BLOOMSBURY, 2024 and 2026), haunt the SOUTH KOREAN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (at ACMI), and we farewell U.S American actor and director Tom Skerritt.

GHOSTS: THE POSSESSION OF BUTTON HOUSE arrives in time for Halloween, as does the U.S/Canadian version of the internationally popular fantasy sitcom (PARAMOUNT+) , SMALL PROPHETS, the latest gentle genre comedy from Mackenzie Cook is on ABC iVIEW and APPLE+, and the synthezoid hero returns in MARVEL'S VISIONQUEST (DISNEY+), plus, AUSTREK: THE STAR TREK FAN CLUB INC, celebrates its 50th Anniversary on Saturday 24th October (Details at https://www.austrek.org)

Megan meanders through some iconic Halloween-themed film scores & spooky genre tunes; plus a rundown on the JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL.

We reassemble for AVENGERS: ENDGAME-ENCORE as the classic movie returns to the cinema with new footage to herald AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, and get strange with three mystery novels by Japanese author Ukestsu- STRANGE HOUSES, STRANGE PICTURES and STRANGE BUILDINGS (PUSKIN VERTIGO BOOKS) and more!

We litigate David Green's now unshelved movie COYOTE VS ACME, and accept delivery of Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL reboot, even though we don't have a pen to sign for it.

We marvel at the MARVEL AGE OF COMICS: AN EXPLORATION series of books with individual titles: THE ULTIMATES by Ted Adams, SPIDER-MAN MILES MORALES by Ytasha L. Womack and WOVERINE WEAPON X by Jim Rugg (BLOOMSBURY/PENGUIN), check out the 2026 EMMY AWARDS genre winners, and precariously live in HOPE, South Korean Director Na Hong-Jin's new monster movie.

More notional gold to giveaway to subscribers as we celebrate Triple R's golden 50th Birthday Radiothon and musically travel back to when it all started in 1976!

We step off the pavement with David Robert Mitchell's new dinosaur movie THE END OF OAK STREET, open the shutter on D.C's LANTERNS television series (HBO MAX), take a preliminary look at the 2026 EMMY AWARDS, and more!

Focusing upon the genre aspects of their careers we farewell beloved creatives: Hayden Panettiere, Peter Cullen, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry.